About The First 47

The First 47 is the studio of Irish graphic designer and artist Alex Synge. Based between Dublin and Belfast, he specialises in design for print, web and visual identity for a wide range of clients in the cultural, commercial and academic fields.

As an artist, he has exhibited work in Dublin, London, Glasgow, Milan, Skagaströnd, Boston, New York, Chicago and LA. His work has been featured in publications such as Semi-Permanent, Faesthetic and Pencil Fight, as well as online on Booooooom, It's Nice That and The Fox is Black.

He also proudly runs collaborative illustration-project-meets-stationery-company Keep Sketch, sporadically posts film photographs here, and is a founding member of the 100 Archive.